NC high school football playoff brackets for 2022: NCHSAA third-round pairings
Here are the pairings for the third round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state football playoffs. Round 2 games were played on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 10-12.
Round 3 games are originally scheduled for Friday, Nov. 18. The state championships will be held Dec. 9-10. Sites and times have not yet been announced by the NCHSAA.
Eight teams will be left in each regional by the end of the weekend, with the better seed playing at home.
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4A East
No. 9 Pine Forest (10-2) at No. 1 Hillside (12-0)
No. 13 Southern Alamance (9-3) at No. 12 Millbrook (11-1)
No. 11 Rolesville (9-3) at No. 3 Wake Forest (10-2)
No. 23 Jordan (6-6) at No. 2 New Bern (12-0)
4A West
No. 8 Independence (11-1) at No. 1 Grimsley (12-0)
No. 5 Hough (10-2) at No. 4 East Forsyth (12-0)
No. 14 Northwest Guilford (10-2) at No. 6 Weddington (11-1)
No. 15 Butler (10-2) at No. 7 A.C. Reynolds (11-1)
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3A East
No. 9 Southern Durham (8-4) at No. 1 Northern Nash (12-0)
No. 28 Triton (7-5) at No. 20 Jacksonville (7-4)
No. 6 North Brunswick (11-1) at No. 3 Fayetteville Seventy-First (12-0)
No. 7 Fayetteville Terry Sanford (10-2) at No. 2 Eastern Alamance (11-1)
3A West
No. 8 West Charlotte (7-5) at No. 1 Kings Mountain (12-0)
No. 12 Ledford (11-1) at No. 4 East Lincoln (12-0)
No. 14 Crest (9-3) at No. 11 South Point (11-1)
No. 23 Eastern Guilford (8-4) at No. 2 West Henderson (12-0)
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2A East
No. 8 Cummings (8-3) at No. 1 Princeton (11-1)
No. 12 Wallace-Rose Hill (10-2) at No. 4 Nash Central (9-3)
No. 11 Hertford County (11-1) at No. 3 Whiteville (11-1)
No. 7 Clinton (11-1) at No. 2 East Duplin (11-1)
2A West
No. 8 Chase (12-0) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-1)
No. 13 Bunker Hill (11-1) at No. 5 Maiden (11-1)
No. 6 Salisbury (11-1) at No. 3 Burns (11-1)
No. 7 Monroe (11-1) at No. 2 East Surry (12-0)
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1A East
No. 8 Riverside-Martin (11-1) at No. 1 Tarboro (10-1)
No. 5 West Columbus (9-3) at No. 4 Northampton County (10-2)
No. 11 Hobbton (10-2) at No. 3 Rosewood (8-4)
No. 23 Perquimans (4-8) at No. 2 North Moore (12-0)
1A West
No. 8 Robbinsville (9-3) at No. 1 Eastern Randolph (9-1)
No. 12 Hayesville (7-5) at No. 4 Mount Airy (10-1)
No. 6 Draughn (11-1) at No. 3 Thomasville (11-1)
No. 7 Murphy (9-3) at No. 2 Andrews (12-0)
This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: NCHSAA football brackets for 2022 playoffs: NC third-round pairings